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REPORT | Alex Pereira vs. Andreas Michailidis Set For UFC 268

Alex PereiraBrazilian kickboxer and former GLORY middleweight and light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira is set to make his highly anticipated UFC debut on November 6 at UFC 268 in Madison Square Garden. According to a report from BJPENN.com, both sides have verbally agreed to the bout, and expect the contracts to be signed in the coming […]

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Brazilian kickboxer and former GLORY middleweight and light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira is set to make his highly anticipated UFC debut on November 6 at UFC 268 in Madison Square Garden.

According to a report from BJPENN.com, both sides have verbally agreed to the bout, and expect the contracts to be signed in the coming days for Pereira and Andreas Michailidis to compete in a middleweight bout.

On Thursday, news of Pereira’s UFC signing was first reported by De Telegraaf and later confirmed by MMA Fighting. While Pereira is a highly accomplished kickboxer with multiple world championships, some will argue his most impressive victories have come against current UFC Middleweight king Israel Adesanya, where Pereira has KO’d and won by Unanimous Decision in his two bouts against Adesanya.

Pereira is 3-1 in MMA with his most recent bout being a KO win at an LFA event in November 2020.

Michailidis is 13-4 in MMA and is 1-1 since joining the UFC. Last time out he picked up a unanimous decision win against KB Bhullar.

This will be a highly anticipated debut on the UFC 268 Prelims. Only time will tell if Pereira will be able to reach the ranks of the top middleweights in the world one day.

Do you think Alex Pereira will enjoy a winning UFC debut on November 6?

VIDEO | Alex Pereira Scores One-Punch, Faceplant KO

PereiraAlex Pereira made his highly anticipated LFA debut Friday night and it was worth the wait as he got another KO. Pereira is known from being the only man to KO the current UFC Middleweight champion Israel Adesanya back in the day. Pereira, who just signed with LFA this year, is mainly a kickboxer that […]

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Alex Pereira made his highly anticipated LFA debut Friday night and it was worth the wait as he got another KO. Pereira is known from being the only man to KO the current UFC Middleweight champion Israel Adesanya back in the day.

Pereira, who just signed with LFA this year, is mainly a kickboxer that transitioned to MMA in 2015, however he still competes in kickboxing and is the current Middleweight and interim Light Heavyweight champion for GLORY. On Friday night Pereira got his first LFA victory in the first round by landing a perfect left hook 4 minutes into the fight.

You can watch the KO below:

Pereira is now 3-1 in MMA and riding a three fight win streak finishing all fights via KO/TKO, he only lost his debut fight in 2015 via third round submission. This was Pereira’s first MMA fight since 2016 and he is now looking to be more consistent in MMA and climb the ranks. After the fight Pereira said “I’m very happy to be in MMA, I’ve been training with Glover Teixeira for 3-4 months, and I’m happy with the results.” (Transcribed by talkSPORT)

The Brazilian had two fights with Adesanya in GLORY, the famous one where he KO’d the Nigerian UFC champion and a second fight in which Pereira won via unanimous decision. He recently stated that he doesn’t believe that Adesanya wants to fight him again for a third time.

What do you think of Alex Periera’s KO?

Kickboxing Champion Alex Pereira Signs With LFA

Alex PereiraThe reigning Kickboxing Middleweight and Interim Light Heavyweight world champion and former Israel Adesanya rival Alex Pereira has officially signed with LFA the MMA promotion has announced on social media. “@LFAfighting is excited to announce that we have signed top prospect @AlexPoatanPereira. @AlexPoatanPereira is the reigning #GLORY #middleweight (85 kg) champion and #GLORY interim #lightheavyweight […]

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The reigning Kickboxing Middleweight and Interim Light Heavyweight world champion and former Israel Adesanya rival Alex Pereira has officially signed with LFA the MMA promotion has announced on social media.

“@LFAfighting is excited to announce that we have signed top prospect @AlexPoatanPereira. @AlexPoatanPereira is the reigning #GLORY #middleweight (85 kg) champion and #GLORY interim #lightheavyweight (95 kg) champion. @AlexPoatanPereira is widely regarded as one of the best kickboxers in the world. He is the last man to defeat @StyleBender and holds a 2-0 record against the reigning #UFC middleweight champion in #kickboxing. @AlexPoatanPereira will be joining our stacked #middleweight division!”

Pereira, a 33-year-old Brazilian, is the last man to give UFC Middleweight king Israel Adesanya a loss in combat sports competition, knocking him out in a kickboxing match in 2017. He will return to MMA for the first time in more than four years, with his most recent fight being a knockout win in May 2016. A date and opponent for Pereira’s LFA debut is yet to be announced, but stay tuned for that soon.

How do you feel about Alex Pereira returning to MMA? Will he make an impact?

Alex Pereira Doesn’t Believe Israel Adesanya Is Interested In Facing Him Again

Pereira AdesanyaGLORY middleweight and interim light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira doesn’t believe Israel Adesanya wants to face him a third time. Pereira holds two wins over Adesanya from their GLORY days and notably holds the distinction of being the only combat sports athlete to knock the UFC middleweight champion out. And with Adesanya’s continued success — […]

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GLORY middleweight and interim light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira doesn’t believe Israel Adesanya wants to face him a third time.

Pereira holds two wins over Adesanya from their GLORY days and notably holds the distinction of being the only combat sports athlete to knock the UFC middleweight champion out.

And with Adesanya’s continued success — having most recently put away Paulo Costa with ease at UFC 253 earlier this month — more and more observers are eager to see Pereira face him in a mixed martial arts fight.

When it comes to the Costa fight specifically, Pereira was impressed but always believed it was bad matchup for the Brazilian stylistically.

“Even before Adesanya fought Borrachinha, I said in interviews it’d be a tough fight,” Pereira told BJ Penn. “I fought Adesanya twice and I know how dangerous he is. He’s tough, very smart, agile, a complete fighter as a kickboxer, and in MMA.

“Paulo had been doing a great job so far in his career and could win that fight, but it was a bad style matchup for him. He needed to do some changes.”

As far as a third fight with Adesanya is concerned? It is definitely possible in the future, especially as Pereira has expressed a desire to venture into the world of MMA.

Whether “The Last Stylebender” is interested remains to be seen, though.

“I don’t think Adesanya would be interested in that fight,” Pereira added. “I beat him twice and I’m the only man to KO him. We never know what the future holds. It could happen someday.”

Pereira, however, certainly believes he can knock him out again.

Do you think we’ll see the trilogy?

Alex Pereira, Who Knocked Out Israel Adesanya, Delivers Another Huge Finish (Video)

Alex Pereira continues to impress in the kickboxing world. The GLORY middleweight and interim light heavyweight champion successfully defended the former with a brutal knockout finish of Ertugrul Bayrak at GLORY Collision 2 on Saturday. Pereira — who is the only person to knock out UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya — needed just one round to […]

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Alex Pereira continues to impress in the kickboxing world.

The GLORY middleweight and interim light heavyweight champion successfully defended the former with a brutal knockout finish of Ertugrul Bayrak at GLORY Collision 2 on Saturday.

Pereira — who is the only person to knock out UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya — needed just one round to deliver a left hook that knocked his opponent out cold.

You can watch the finish below:

Pereira has long claimed that he will make the move to mixed martial arts soon. With finishes like these, it’s hard not to get excited about that prospect.

What did you think of Pereira’s knockout? Do you want to see him transition into the UFC?

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Kickboxer Who Knocked Out Israel Adesanya Says He Can Do It Again In UFC

GLORY middleweight and interim light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira knocked out Israel Adesanya in the kickboxing world and believes he can do it again in mixed martial arts (MMA). Pereira, 32, is not known by many in the MMA world. But most who do know him primarily for being the only person to hand Adesanya […]

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GLORY middleweight and interim light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira knocked out Israel Adesanya in the kickboxing world and believes he can do it again in mixed martial arts (MMA).

Pereira, 32, is not known by many in the MMA world. But most who do know him primarily for being the only person to hand Adesanya a knockout defeat in the kickboxing world when they fought in 2017.

Since then, Adesanya would sign with the UFC and enjoy a meteoric rise that culminated in him becoming middleweight champion following an impressive knockout of Robert Whittaker at UFC 243 back in October.

“Stylebender” is one of the best strikers in the sport right now, but for Pereira, he’s nothing special when it comes to simply kickboxing:

“For the sport of MMA, Adesanya is one of the best strikers in the sport, but for kickboxing, he is like many others – a guy that’s good, but over a long time didn’t evolve,” Pereira told MMA Junkie. “He’s just one of many.

“I’m not criticizing Adesanya. I know that when you go to MMA, it’s normal that your striking, due to the wholeness of the game, it downgrades a little bit. I’m sure when I go to MMA, my striking is also going to go down a little bit, so maybe that’s what happened to Adesanya, too.”

Although he is happy at GLORY, Pereira certainly expects to make the move to MMA at some point. In fact, his current contract even allows him two MMA fights per year.

And facing Adesanya in a rematch would be the smart move — this time, in the Octagon. But don’t expect to see a different result:

“The only place in this world that Adesanya is better than me is in speaking English,” Pereira added.

Would you like to see this rematch in MMA?

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